The Intriguing Evolutionary Journey of Enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC) toward Pathogenicity

The Intriguing Evolutionary Journey of Enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC) toward Pathogenicity

Among the intestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli, enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC) are a group of intracellular pathogens able to enter epithelial cells of colon, multiplicate within them, and move between adjacent cells with a mechanism similar to Shigella, the ethiological agent of bacillary dysenter...

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Main Authors: Martina Pasqua, Valeria Michelacci, Maria Letizia Di Martino, Rosangela Tozzoli, Milena Grossi, Bianca Colonna, Stefano Morabito, Gianni Prosseda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
pathogenic E. coli
enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC)
Shigella
bacterial evolution
emerging EIEC
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2017.02390/full

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